Ryan Reynolds and Bradley Cooper are set to share a squad car in an untitled action-comedy from Oscar-nominated "Up in the Air" writer Sheldon Turner, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
The wise-cracking duo are attached to play a pair of San Francisco cops whose fathers were once partners on the police force. The senior citizens come out of retirement to help their sons crack a case, and chaotic hilarity ensues.
Dwayne Johnson was previously attached to the edgy, likely R-rated project (formerly known as "Blowback"), which is described as being in the vein of "Lethal Weapon."
Does that mean Mel Gibson could play one of the dads? Probably not, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts (pun intended) that Danny Glover is available. Seriously though, I'd love to see either Steve Martin, Billy Crystal or Paul Giamatti offered one (or both) of the elder roles, though Sean Penn could stand to do a comedy as well and could be a nice fit as Cooper's pops.
Neal Moritz, Andrew Panay and Benderspink's Chris Bender and J.C. Spink will produce the picture with Reynolds' Dark Trick Films partner Jonathon Komack Martin ("Van Wilder").
Turner will reportedly receive seven figures for the film, which does not have a director (Turner is only writing at this point) or a distributor yet, though Moritz's Original Film banner is set up at Sony.
I have no idea where this project will fit into Reynolds' beyond-busy schedule, which currently includes "The Change-Up," "Safe House," "Deadpool," "Most Wanted" and "R.I.P.D."
Reynolds recently played a superhero in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and an imaginary hero in the indie dramedy "Paper Man." He'll play another super-powered individual in Martin Campbell's upcoming "Green Lantern," which Warner Bros. is already planning to sequel for in advance of its June 17 release.
"The Proposal" star will next be seen trapped underground inside of a coffin in Rodrigo Cortes' claustrophobic thriller "Buried," which Lionsgate will release on Oct. 8.
Coming off the success of "The Hangover," Cooper recently starred in "Valentine's Day" and "The A-Team." He next stars opposite girlfriend Renee Zellweger in Paramount's long-delayed chiller "Case 39," and will follow that by dueling with Robert De Niro in Neil Burger's thriller "Dark Fields." Cooper is also attached to a baseball pitch from writer Allan Loeb, and he'll also return for Todd Phillip's "Hangover" sequel, which WB is aiming to release next May.
Turner previously wrote "The Longest Yard," and is set to make his directorial debut with "By Virtue Fall," an indie drama that Colin Farrell and Eric Bana were previously reported to be in early talks to star in.
Reynolds, Cooper and Turner are all represented by CAA.
